Chapter 54 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 54.23

युगान्तकालानलतुल्यरूपः समारुतोऽग्निर्ववृधे दिवस्पृक् । विधूमरश्मिर्भवनेषु सक्तो रक्षःशरीराज्यसमर्पितार्चिः॥

yugāntakālānalatulyarūpaḥ samāruto'gnirvavṛdhe divaspṛk | vidhūmaraśmirbhavaneṣu sakto rakṣaḥśarīrājyasamarpitārciḥ||

English Meaning

With the Wind assisting him, the smokeless Fire in the dwellings, with his flames feeding on the bodies of the Rākşasas representing sacrificial offerings, spread his magnitude, touching the horizen-resembling the conflagration kindled the universal dissolution.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)